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(No Model) S. B. FERRIS.

STOGKING OR GARMENT SUPPORTER.

Patented Mar. 31, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SHERWOOD B. FERRIS, OF LAKEWOOD, NEWV JERSEY.

STOCKING OR GARMENT SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314.813, dated March31, 1885.

Application filed November 7, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SHERWOOD B. FERRIS, of Lakewood, in the county ofOcean and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Im-- provedStocking and Garment Supporter, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

The object of my invention is to furnish a simple, convenient, andsubstantial device for use to support stockings, skirts, and othergarments, and one that can be easily applied and adjusted, and whichwill hold securely. To that end the invention consists in the supporterconstructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthisspecification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4represent the supporter in front view, certainparts being slightly changed in the different figures; and Fig. 5 is adetail side View.

I use for the supporter around or flat cord, a, which may be in a singlelength and elastic, or a certain portion of its length may be nonelastic. The single ended supporter shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4is thepreferred construction; but two ends, as shown in Fig. 3, may beemployed.

Upon the upper end of the cord is a slide-' loop, b, preferably made ofmetal and of the double form shown in Fig. 1, that allows the end of thecord to be doubled back, and the side of the loop is also apertured toallow of the cord end being strung through, thereby holding the cordsecurely and leaving an exposed portion that can be readily drawn outfor adjustment of the length of the supporter.

Upon the lower end of the cord is a slideloop, 0, that is made offlexible material, so as not to chafe the wearer, and I prefer to makethis loop triple to insure a stronger fastening.

The extreme end of the cord or is sewed securely in one pocket of theslide, and passes loosely through the other pocket, so as to form aloop, d, that can be drawn up by moving the slide. To the slide-loop c abutton, 6, is attached by a flexible connection, f. In Fig. 1 thisconnection is by a piece of tape, and in Figs. 2 and 4 the button is onthe end of cord a, which is left projecting for that purpose.

In using the supporter the stocking or gar- (No model.)

ment'is gathered upon the button 6, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, and theloop d then put over the button and drawn tightly, thus giving a securehold. The upper end of thesupporter is caught by its loop on a buttonsewed to the waist or other garment. In this manner the supporter issecurely held, and any strain tends to draw the loop tighter.

When preferred, the connection of theupper end to a button may be madeby a safetypin, 1', which is hung on the loop of cord a. This pin 2' ismade with a side loop or projection, k, which, by passing upon thebuttonshank, allows the pin to be readily put in place on the button.

In Fig. 1 the upper slide-loop, b, is shown as made of flexiblematerial, and in Fig. 4 the lower slide, 0, is of metal. In Fig. 3 theend of cord a is made more secure by passing through between the twopockets of the loop. I do not limit myself with respect to these orother details of construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The stocking and garment supporter consisting of a cord, at, providedwith an adjustable loop at its upper end, and at its lower end with aslide, 0, and a button attached to the slide by a flexible connection,substantially as described.

2. In a stocking-supporter, the combination of slide 0, made of flexiblematerial, with the cord a and button e, substantially as described.

3. In a stocking-supporter, the open-ended loop b, having a verticalcentral passage fora doubled cord and two perforations in one of itsvertical sides and at right angles to the central passage, saidperforations being one above the other with aportion of the material ofthe loop between them to form a crosspiece, whereby the loop may be slidupon a looped cord in the manner and for the purpose described.

4. The combination of button a and flexible connection f with cord aandslide-loop a, substantially as described.

SHERIVOOD B. FERRIS.

Witnesses:

Gno. D. WALKER, O. SEDGWICK.

